Navajo plant closure to cost Arizona county $40M in taxes
The plant's owners decided to close it as natural gas became a cheaper source of energy.
Rights advocates applaud Biden's planned review of public charge rule
The 2019 change made it harder for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards if they used, or might use, government assistance
Border wall scars: 'It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart.'
Tribal leaders and Borderlands communities reflect on their fruitless struggle to stop the wall.
Monitors head to the border after order to halt the wall
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order halting all border wall construction
Tucson road projects further strain some small businesses
Tony Paniagua reports on two major projects underway in the downtown area.
After Congress approves new border wall funding, environmentalists consider next steps
The administration said it had completed 450 miles of border wall by the end of 2020.
Senate proposes budget with almost $2B in border wall funding
The Senate and House have until next month to agree on a short- or long-term budget.
O'odham-led demonstration blocks highway north of Arizona-Sonora border crossing
Demonstrations against border wall construction on ancestral Indigenous land continue despite Quitobaquito closure.
Civil engineers recommend raising taxes for Arizona road repairs
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state's roads a D+.
News roundup: AZ unemployment on the rise, Ducey says state will celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day
Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, September 23
Heat, COVID-19 and isolation put mobile home parks at risk
Ten percent of metro Tucsonans live in manufactured housing. But residents there face risks made worse by COVID-19 and record heat.
Indigenous activists protest wall contractor in Coolidge
Demonstrators gathered at Stinger Bridge & Iron to decry border wall construction across ancestral Indigenous border land.
UA to lead Center for Quantum Networks
Harvard, Yale and MIT are also part of the five-year, NSF-funded research into quantum computing.
'We are not animals': Letter details how Tucson prison became COVID-19 hot spot
In a 22-page letter, a military veteran incarcerated at ASPC-Tucson describes a chaotic pandemic behind bars.
In Colorado, your stool is a tool in the fight against coronavirus
To track the next coronavirus outbreak, Western states look to the sewers.
